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CO]SiSTITXJTIO]Sl 

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Press of J. J. Little & Co. 
Astor Place, T^ew York. 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



PRESIDENT. 

TIMOTHY DWIGHT, D.D., LL.D., 

President, Yale University. 

SUPERINTENDENT. 

NORMAN A. CALKINS, 

Asst. Supt., Pub. Inst., New York City. 



GENERAL SECRBTART. 

SETH T. STEWART, 

Principal, Grammar School No. 13, Brooklyn, K. Y. 



COPTEIGHT, 

188f, 
By S. T. Stewart, Sec'y, 



FACULTY 

OF THE 

UNIVERSITY EXTENSION. 



President: TIMOTHY DWIGHT, 



HARVAED UNIVERSITY. 



Prof. F. J. Child, 

English Literature. 

Prof. N. S. Shaler, 

Geology. 

Prof. S. M. Macvane, 

History. 

George Lyman Ejcttredge, 

English Language. 



President, Yale University. 
YALE UNIVERSITY. 

Prof. George T. Ladd, 

Psychology. 

Prof. Tracy Peck, 

Latin. 

Prof. A. W. Phillips, 

Mathematics. 

Prof. Wm. G. Mxxter, 

Chemistry. 



PRINCETON COLLEGE. 



COLUMBIA COLLEGE. 



Prof. C. A. Young, 

Astronomy. 

Prof. C. F. Brackett, 

Physics. 

Prof. S. Stanhope Orris, 
Greek. 



Prof. J. S. Newberry, 

Geology and Paleontology. 

Prof. John W. Burgess, 

Political Science. 

Prof. Hjalmar H. Boyesen, 

German. 

Gutllaume a. Scribner, 

French. 



FACULTY 

OP THE 

SCHOOL EXTENSION. 



Superintendent: N. A. CALKINS, 

Asst. Supt., Pub. Inst., New York City. 

NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLEE, 

Prest., College for Training Teachers, N. Y. City. 
JEROME ALLEN, 

Prof, of Pedagogy, University, City of N. Y. 
WILLIAM H. MAXWELL, 

Supt., Pub. Inst., Brooklyn, N. Y. 
E. H. COOK, 

Principal, State Normal School, Potsdam, N. Y. 
WM. J. MILNE, 

Principal, State Normal School, Geneseo, N. Y. 

J. W. DICKINSON, 

Sec'y, State Bd. of Ed., Mass. 

EDWIN P. SEAVER, 

Supt., Pub. Inst., Boston, Mass. 

ALBERT G. BOYDEN, 

Principal, State Normal School, Bridgewater, Mass. 
ALPHEUS HYATT, 

Curator, Boston Society of Natural History. 

THOMAS M. BALLIET, 

Supt., Pub. Inst., Springfield, Mass. 

CHARLES D. HINE, 

Sec'y, State Bd. of Ed., Conn. 

AUSTIN C. APGAR, 

State Normal School, Trenton, N. J. 

RICHARD EDWARDS, 

Supt., Pub. Inst., State of Illinois. 

M. A. NEWELL, 

Supt., Pub. Inst., State of Maryland. 

W. H. PAYNE, 

Peabody Normal School, University of Nashville. 



CONSTITUTION 

OF THE 

University and Sclnool 
Extension. 

The design of tlie University and School Ex- 
tension is to strengthen and supplement the 
Public School system ; to increase the culture 
and to promote the interests of teachers as mem- 
bers of a profession ; and, in general, to advance 
the knowledge of letters and of the arts and 
sciences. 

Its work shall be under the control of an Ex- 
ecutive Committee, a Board of Directors, and 
Faculties of University Extension and School 
Extension. 

Executive Committee. 

The President, the Superintendent, and the 
General Secretary shall constitute the Executive 
Committee. This committee is authorized to 
enforce the Constitution, to further the objects to 
which reference nas already been made, including 
the material and professional interests of teachers, 
and to have the title with full control of the funds 
and other property of the University and School 
Extension. It is authorized to establish local or- 
ganizations which shall proceed according to By- 



b UNIVERSITY AND SCHOOL EXTENSION. 

Laws approved by the Executive Committee. All 
questions of jurisdiction shall be determined by 
the Executive Committee, 

President. 
The President shall be elected by the Faculty 
of the University Extension, each member being 
entitled to one vote, and no person shall be 
eligible who is not at the time of his election 
a President of some University or College repre- 
sented in the Faculty. He shall be elected every 
second year, in the month of June, and his term 
of office shall begin the first of September fol- 
lowing. No President shall hold office during 
two successive terms. 

Superintendent. 

The Superintendent shall be elected by the 
Faculty of the School Extension, each member 
being entitled to one vote, and no person shall be 
eligible who is not at the time of his election a 
Superintendent or a Principal of a Public School. 
He shall be elected every third year, in the 
month of June, and his term shall begin the first 
of September following. No superintendent shall 
hold office for more than two successive terms. 

GrENERAL SECRETARY. 

The General Secretary shall be appointed by 
the President and the Superintendent, from the 
number of Assistant Secretaries. He shall at- 
tend to all the correspondence of the University 



CONSTITUTION. 7 

and Scliool Extension, shall prepare and issue 
all notices, and shall have charge of all necessary 
printing. He shall serve as Secretary to the 
Board of Directors, to the Faculties, and to con- 
ventions of members. He shall hold office during 
good behavior, and shall be removed only for 
cause, after due hearing, by a two-thirds vote 
of each of the Faculties. He may appoint Assist- 
tant Secretaries, who shall be subject to his di- 
rection, and who shall hold office by appointment 
from year to year, but after service fOr three 
successive years, they may hold office during 
good behavior. For cause, however, after due 
hearing, any Assistant Secretary may be removed 
by the General Secretary. 

Board of Dikectoiis, 

A Board of Directors, consisting of a Regent 
and one member from each State represented, 
shall be organized by the Executive Committee. 
The duty of this Board of Directors shall be to 
foster the interests of the Public Schools, ex- 
cluding the question of politics. 

Faculty of the University Extension. 

The courses of study, the examinations, the 
certificates, and the diplomas in branches not 
generally taught in the Public Schools, shall be 
in the exclusive control of the Faculty of the 
University Extension. 

The Faculty of the University Extension shall 
consist of a President and Professors appointed 



8 UNIVERSITY AND SCHOOL EXTENSION. 

by him from fhe Universities and Colleges in tlie 
several States, on the nomination of tlieir respect- 
ive Presidents, and, if deemed expedient, from 
among the number of prominent specialists. The 
four Institutions represented in the first organiza- 
tion of the University Extension shall be entitled 
to equal representation, and each State shall be 
entitled to at least one member in the Faculty. 

The members of this Faculty shall be ap- 
pointed in the month of July for the term of two 
years, beginning the first of September. After 
two years of service, if re-appointed, they may 
remain in the Faculty while actively connected 
with their respective Colleges. For cause, how- 
ever, after due hearing, any member of the 
Faculty may at any time be removed by the 
President. 

Faculty of the School Extension. 

The courses of study, the examinations, the cer- 
tificates, and the diplomas in branches generally 
taught in the Public Schools, shall be in the exclu- 
sive control of the Faculty of the School Extension. 

The Faculty of the School Extension shall 
consist of a Superintendent and of members ap- 
pointed by him from the number of superintend- 
ents, principals, and teachers in the different 
States, each State being entitled to at least one 
representative in the Faculty. 

The members of this B'aculty shall be appointed 
in the month of July, for the term of one year. 



CONSTITUTION. 9 

beginning the first of September. After two 
years of service, if re-appointed, they may remain 
in the Faculty while connected with public school 
work. For cause, however, after due hearing, 
any member of the Faculty may be removed at 
any time by the Superintendent. 

Members. 

Teachers and other approved persons not less 
than twenty years of age, if males, and not less 
than eighteen years of age, if females, are eli- 
gible to membership on payment to the Secretary 
of the required fee. 

A State Convention of members in each State 
may be held at the end of the second year and 
of each succeeding year, in the month of July, 
at the call of the Secretary. A National Con- 
vention may be held at the end of the second 
year and of each succeeding year, in July or 
August, at the call of the Secretary. 

Fees. 

The membership fee for each year, ending 
October first, shall be one dollar. All other fees 
shall be determined by the Executive Committee. 

By-Laws. 

The Executive Committee may make and may 
at any time change its own By-Laws, concerning 
matters not especially provided for in this 



10 UNIYBRSITY AND SCHOOL EXTENSION. 

Constitution ; but no tenure of office shall be 
clianged, nor shall the salary of any officer be 
diminished during his incumbency. 

Amendments. 
This Constitution may be changed by a two- 
thirds vote of the members on any amendment 
which has been proposed by the Executive Com- 
mittee and the Faculties. 



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